Re: Somebody draw me a picture, please

[Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za>]

On Friday 03 March 2006 16:59, Dick Margulis wrote:
> Sure they can be created manually from a shell...BY SOMEONE WHO ALREADY
> KNOWS HOW.
>
> I'm sorry if I appear ungrateful, but you wouldn't write that sentence
> in end user documentation, would you? Would you???

Dick,

Have you checked if the ISP has installed CPanel

Usually something like http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel
will bring you a login

From CPanel you usually have access to phpMyAdmin or another web-based 
interface.

From there you can create the database and then a user which you will need to 
associate with the database as having various privileges.

Assuming perl your connection strings would look like this:

$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database_name:localhost","user_name","<PASSWORD 
HERE>"); 

Assuming PHP

 $dbh=mysql_connect ("localhost", "user_name", "<PASSWORD HERE>") or die ('I 
cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("database_name");

Again, as per my other message, you need admin access. Usually this is 
provided via CPanel for hosting environments that usually run virtual 
servers.

-- 
Sean Wheller
Technical Author
sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za
+27-84-854-9408
http://www.inwords.co.za
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content
delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l

Doc-To-Help includes a one-click RoboHelp project converter. It's that easy.  Watch the demo at http://www.componentone.com/TECHWRL/DocToHelp2005

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com

To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.